An Emerging Website by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Devise Literary, a site spearheaded by emerging fiction writers Alexandra Stanislaw and Drew Wade, originally began as “a way to gather resources for writers.” However, since its initiation in 2015, the site has already evolved to include a seasonal literary magazine open to creative work and literary…
Category: reviews: literary websites
Websites cited here were submitted by artists and writers for review. In our reviews, WTP editors consider actual website design and ease of navigation, but first and foremost, seek to highlight is content–to grow the online presence to these noteworthy cyber talents.
Site Review: Poetry Daily
An Evolving Anthology by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Poetry Daily has a simple premise: publish a stellar poem every day, by a different emerging or established poet. And modest beginnings have led to an impressive and constantly evolving “anthology of contemporary poetry.” An enjoyable read for all poets and poetry enthusiasts, Poetry Daily showcases the…
Site Review: thebaumer.com
An Amusing Amalgam of the Offbeat By Angelica Gonzalez, WTP Editorial Assistant Because WTP’s mission revolves so strongly around Web presence, it’s not uncommon for our editors to peruse the sites of our submitters. I had the pleasure of stumbling upon Mark Baumer’s after reading his quirky submission to our magazine. (His work appears in Vol.…
Site Review: Bill and Dave’s Cocktail Hour
A Literary Blog with a Twist by Emily Jaeger, Features Editor The bantering banner of Bill and Dave’s Cocktail Hour is the perfect introduction to the general vibe of this web-blog that combines literary arts, politics, cartoons and more: quirky but crucial, conversational but intellectual. The founders, best-selling and award-winning authors Bill Roorbach (The Girl…
Site Review: The Art of Poetry Video Repository
Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky on Poetry By Emily Jaeger, Features Editor Boston University’s The Art of Poetry Video Repository allows those with a thirst for all things poetry to learn about the masters from Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. An archive of videos recorded for Pinsky’s EdX and Massive Open Online course (MOOC), The Art of Poetry…
Site Review: The Poetry Conversation
Poet Sharon Bryan in the Cyber Arena By Emily Jaeger, Features Editor The first word that comes to mind when thinking of Sharon Bryan’s new website, The Poetry Conversation, is generosity. An award-winning author of four collections of poetry, Sharp Stars, Flying Blind, Objects of Affection, and Salt Air as well as a professor of…
Site Review: Writers' Houses
Where Do Writers Live? By Angelica Gonzalez, WTP Editorial Assistant At the end of August, the internet was buzzing with the news of I, Too, Arts Collective, an organization rallying to turn the now-vacant home of Langston Hughes into an artists’ haven. The former homes of literary icons can have a profound—even religious—effect on writers…
Site Review: Richard Gilbert's Draft No. 4
The Literary Memoir “Gilbert explores the enterprise of literary memoir in particular, and of good writing in general.” By DeWitt Henry, contributing editor Blogs can serve as anthologies-in-progress or on-line learning seminars, open studios, book drafts, self-dramatizations, lectures, guided conversations, and spiritual and intellectual explorations: Richard Gilbert’s Draft No. 4 Blog and its predecessor “Narrative”…